What are the best Super Bowl Squares numbers to pick? Here is the best 2026 Super Bowl Squares strategy!
If you like Super Bowl Squares and you like to win money, you’ll want to stay tuned for this. It’s always fun to win some money, and it’s even better to have something on the line in the unfortunate case that your favorite NFL team didn’t make Super Bowl LX. With Super Bowl Squares, fans of hopeless franchises, heartbroken fans, and even people who aren’t fans at all can all have fun and bring another level to your Super Bowl party.
With anyone being able to play and win, it’s important to give yourself the best strategy possible. Even though it may seem random, there are certainly some strategies that you should utilize to give yourself the best odds of winning some money. We will not only briefly go over how Super Bowl Squares works, but we will also tell you the best numbers to pick for Super Bowl LX. If you’re a new player who would like a more thorough explanation of how to play Super Bowl Squares first, we have you covered as well!
Aside from our Super Bowl Squares strategy below, if you would like a more detailed explanation, check out our article about how to play Super Bowl Squares.
What is Super Bowl Squares?
Super Bowl Squares is a 10×10 grid (100 squares) game. Both the columns and rows represent the scores of the teams in the Super Bowl. At the end of the game, or each quarter (if you want to play this way), the final digit of the teams’ scores determines who is paid out. If at the end of the first quarter, the Seahawks are beating the Patriots 10-7, whoever has the square with 0 for the Seahawks and 7 for the Patriots wins the money.
Not all games are the same, as some pools and most sportsbooks only pay out for the final score. With that in mind, every person can customize their competition however they want. We prefer payouts after each quarter, with the final score being worth the most, but it’s truly up to you!
Super Bowl Squares Strategy Super Bowl LX
While not all groups allow people to pick the squares (and instead assign them randomly), some do. If that is the case for you, here is where you’ll want to pay attention to our strategy.
They say history repeats itself, so the first thing to do is look at the past 15 Super Bowls. It gives us a good barometer and is a large enough sample size to not be skewed in any certain way. That will have us starting at Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
We broke down the scores from each quarter and ordered them by whichever team won first. For example, the 1W column is the first quarter score of the team that won, while the 1L column is of the team that lost. Obviously, as the game is four quarters, 4W and 4L are the final scores for the game. As the Super Bowl has gone into overtime in the past, it’s important to note that the game’s final score is what counts, not the score at the end of regulation.
Super Bowl Quarter Breakdowns
| 1W | 1L | 2W | 2L | 3W | 3L | 4W | 4L | |
| 2011 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 25 |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 17 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 34 | 31 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 43 | 8 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 24 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 10 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 28 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 29 | 26 | 41 | 33 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 20 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 31 | 9 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 20 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 38 | 35 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 22 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 40 | 22 |
Super Bowl Digit Percentages By Quarter
In case that was a little much to digest, let’s break it down a little bit and look at just what’s relevant for you. The following table displays the percentage of how often each final digit showed up in each quarter for both the winning and losing teams.
| 1W | 1L | 2W | 2L | 3W | 3L | 4W | 4L | |
| 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 6.7 |
| 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| 3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 13.3 |
| 4 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 6.7 |
| 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 13.3 |
| 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 7 | 40.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 26.6 | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| 8 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| 9 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| 0 | 33.3 | 60.0 | 6.7 | 53.3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 20.0 |
While all this data is certainly more numbers and data than you were probably expecting in a football article about Super Bowl Squares stategy, we have a few more coming in later too. We’ll list some main takeaways from this dataset and help you to develop your own strategy.
Takeaways
– Zeroes are the only way to go in the first quarter. Over the last 15 years, 33% of winning teams and 60% of losing teams have a score of 0 or 10 at the end of the first.
– If you were to pick the best digit to have in the first half out of all of them, it’s 0. With that being said, it becomes much more unlikely in the second half than it was in the first half.
– The best digits, if you’re looking to cash in the second half of the Super Bowl, are 1, 3 and 7, although 0 is still in play for the team you think will lose.
– The most common digit of the Super Bowl winner is 1, followed closely by 3 and 4.
– The Super Bowl winner has had a different digit each year since 2020.
– Stay away from any squares with the numbers 2, 5 and 9. As for the number 6, it has only cashed in the second and third quarters since 2010. Those numbers occur so rarely that they are not worth your time to pick.
Number Pairing Super Bowl Squares Strategy
While past success doesn’t guarantee future success, past probabilities can be very helpful. If you’re looking to correctly match up two digits from past Super Bowls, you can use this data to get a good idea of what square to try to secure.
Let’s look at the past 15 Super Bowls and what number pairings have been the most common, along with which quarter they occurred in.
| Digits | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7-3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1-7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 3-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
The data shows pretty clearly that there haven’t been many repeat squares over the last 15 years. The randomness and unpredictability from year to year are part of the reason why Super Bowl Squares has become so popular, as everyone has an equal chance to win some money.
What Are the Best Super Bowl Squares Numbers to Pick?
We have discussed numbers and strategy, but what are the best Super Bowl Squares numbers to pick? Well, we have seen a third of first quarters over the past 15 years result in a 0-0 square winning. While that would seem like the obvious choice, assuming your pool plays with the highest payout coming for the final score, it won’t give you the largest possible payday. With that in mind, it is one of the only somewhat “sure bets” in Super Bowl Squares, so it’s still nice to claim early if you can.
In addition to the 0-0 square, there has been at least one team that has finished the first quarter with 7 in five of the last six Super Bowls. If you can find a way to get at least two different squares with each one having one of the teams with a 7, you have a good shot to strike gold early.
With seven quarters having at least one quarter ending in 0-0, the math says you have just under a 50% chance of winning money if you can secure the square. So, make sure you get the 0-0 square, assuming your game has payouts after each quarter.
Another sneaky number you may be able to capitalize on is some variation of 1 for each team. The number one has shown up either on the winning or losing side in 40% of fourth quarters and almost 30% of second quarters. If other people are balking at any square with one in it due to how unlikely it is to happen in the first quarter, take advantage and play the long game.
If you’re wondering what the biggest payday is, as you don’t want to deal with small payouts, we’ll divert your eyes to the best squares for the final score. Assuming you don’t need to specify your numbers for certain quarters or halves, any square that has one of the teams with the number three is a good bet. Not only does it appear in at least one team in 33% of final quarters, but it is also very likely to hit in the first quarter and half as well, as it shows up on one side or the other of 33% of the last 15 first and second quarters. Any “3” square is a good Super Bowl Squares strategy to not only hit the final score, but to possibly also stack up multiple quarters due to its ability to show up for multiple quarters.
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